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Although generally from the New Influx of British ROCK, Warwickshire, England, music group Chevy really had their root base in ’70s hard rock and boogie. For the players themselves, guitarists Paul Shanahan and Steve Walwyn, bassist Bob Poole, drummer Andy Chaplin, and especially vocalist/guitarist Martin Get rid of had been rumored to have already been energetic with different rings as soon as the past due ’60s, in order that they had been obviously veterans by enough time their Lynyrd Skynyrd-like, eponymous monitor found its method into 1980’s N.W.O.B.H.M.-derived Steel for Muthas, Vol. 2 compilation. An record known as The Taker, documented for the Avatar label, implemented later that season, but after getting into a brief tour with Hawkwind along with a offering on BBC’s In Concert series, Chevy started floundering. They experienced different internal employees and exterior and business issues, ultimately winding down their actions totally by 1983.

Quick Facts


Date Of Birth October 8, 1943
Spouse Jayni Chase, Jacqueline Carlin, Suzanne Chase
Parents Cathalene Parker Browning, Edward Tinsley Chase
Siblings Pamela Cederquist, Cynthia Chase, John Cederquist, Edward Chase Jr.
Albums Gangland 2, Gangland 3, The Cookout, 48 Hunnid, Red Cup Music, Gangland, Gang Shit Only, I Love Texas - EP
Nominations Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Golden Globe Award for Best New Star of the Year – Actor, WGA Award for Best Variety Series or Special: Musical or Comedy - Television
Movies National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, National Lampoon's Vacation, Caddyshack, Fletch, Vacation, Spies Like Us, Funny Farm, Three Amigos, National Lampoon's European Vacation, Vegas Vacation, Nothing but Trouble, Foul Play, Fletch Lives, Modern Problems, Hot Tub Time Machine, Seems Like Old Times, Man of the House, Cops & Robbersons, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Dirty Work, Deal of the Century, Caddyshack II, Funny Money, Snow Day, Under the Rainbow, Hot Tub Time Machine 2, Oh! Heavenly Dog, Orange County, The Groove Tube, Zoom, Doogal, Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird, Ellie Parker, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Couch Trip, Lovesick, Our Italian Husband, The Karate Dog, Hotel Hell Vacation, Bad Meat, Wishin' and Hopin', Stay Cool, Dog Years, Goose on the Loose, Tunnel Vision, Before I Sleep, Not Another Not Another Movie, Presidential Reunion, Real Genius, Walk... Don't Walk, Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
TV Shows Community, The Chevy Chase Show, The Great American Dream Machine, Saturday Night Live, Charity Jam, The Hamptons (2002)


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#Fact
1 Offered the role of Scoot Calvin/Santa Claus in The Santa Clause (1994), but had to turn it down due to scheduling conflicts.
2 Turned down the role of Forrest Gump in Forrest Gump (1994).
3 Turned down the role of Dave Seville in Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007).
4 Was considered for the role of Harry Sultenfuss in My Girl (1991), but was known at the time for acting only in comedies, not dramas and the role was given to Dan Aykroyd instead.
5 Admitted in an interview that the comments and jokes directed at him during his 2002 roast legitimately hurt him. As soon as the roast was over, he returned to his hotel room and was so depressed about it, he was sobbing most of the night and had to be consoled by roast master Paul Schäfer. Chase's roast was noted by fans and critics alike for being particularly mean-spirited, even by the standards of a roast.
6 He once wrote the back page of a Mad Magazine (issue #134, April 1970.) A satire of "Mission Impossible" (1966)_ titled "A TV Scene We'd Like To See.".
7 His ancestry includes English, as well as Scottish, Irish, Danish, and a smaller amount of Dutch and German, roots.
8 Met Saturday Night Live (1975) producer Lorne Michaels while in line to see a Monty Python movie.
9 Release of the book, "I'm Chevy Chase - And You're Not" by 'Rena Fruchter'. [2007]
10 Daughter Caley Chase is also an actor.
11 Moe's Southwest Grill, a fast-food chain, has menu items named after characters from three of his films: ¡Three Amigos! (1986) (the in-famous El Guapo sauce), Caddyshack (1980) (Billy Barou nachos with chicken), and Fletch (1985) (John Coctostan quesadilla with steak).
12 Would say "toy boat" after every time he stumbled over his words during Weekend Update.
13 Was the first person to say "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" on Saturday Night Live (1975).
14 Had back surgery shortly after his time with "SNL" as a result of all the comedic falls he had taken on-stage.
15 Plays piano, drums and saxophone.
16 Turned down the role of "Peter Venkman" in Ghostbusters (1984), which went to Bill Murray. According to Chase, the finished film is nothing like the script that he read, adding that the script was much scarier than the film. He did visit the set at least once, as a picture of him on the temple steps can be seen in Don Shay's book "Making Ghostbusters".
17 Turned down the role of Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story (1995) because his agent greatly advised him against doing the project. He didn't want to turn it down, as he was interested in the project.
18 His mother Cathalene Parker Browning was the only daughter of Capt. Miles R. Browning, Admiral Halsey's Chief of Staff for much of WW2.
19 Was a favorite comedian of the students in Head of the Class (1986).
20 Is portrayed by John Viener in Gilda Radner: It's Always Something (2002).
21 Won an amateur orchestral conducting contest in Los Angeles, where he and other celebrities (such as Alan Rachins) competed to inspire appreciation for classical music.
22 Born to Edward Tinsley Chase, a Manhattan book editor and magazine writer, and his wife Cathalene Parker Browning, who both died in 2005.
23 Graduated from Bard College with a bachelor of arts degree in English (1967).
24 Before his breakthrough as a comedian, he worked as a cab driver, truck driver, motorcycle messenger, waiter, busboy, construction worker, audio engineer, produce manager in a supermarket, salesman in a wine store and theater usher.
25 After joking about Cary Grant being gay in a 1980 television interview, the Hollywood legend sued him for slander, but they later settled out of court.
26 Fans often imitate his famous, straight-faced, "I like it!" (from Modern Problems (1981)).
27 Wanted to be a doctor when he was younger.
28 In 2003, he appeared in two television commercials for Cola Turka, a soft drink developed to be in direct competition with both Coca-Cola and Pepsi, while keeping the money in the Turkish economy. The commercials, which were both comic and nationalistic in theme, feature Chase playing a confused American who notices his friend and family using Turkish idioms and exhibiting Turkish customs after consuming the drink. The commercials, exclusively shown in Turkey, were filmed in New York in English, but have Turkish subtitles.
29 Has streets named after him in Cochranton, Pennsylvania; Brea, California; Port Charlotte, Florida; and New Orleans, Louisiana.
30 His brother roomed across the hall from Ted Kaczynski "The Unabomber" at Harvard.
31 The role of Eric 'Otter' Stratton in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) was originally written with him in mind, but due to a scheduling conflict, he had to turn the role down. The role went to Tim Matheson instead.
32 At 6' 4", he was the tallest original Saturday Night Live (1975) cast member and was the first "tall guy" on the show. Cast members over 6 feet usually dwarfed the rest of the cast. Among the other tall guys to follow were Dan Aykroyd, Dean Edwards, Will Ferrell, Bill Hader, Anthony Michael Hall, David Koechner, Norm MacDonald, Finesse Mitchell, Bill Murray, Kevin Nealon, Randy Quaid, Rob Riggle, Jason Sudeikis, Charles Rocket, Damon Wayans, and Fred Wolf. Only Nealon, Quaid and Rocket equaled Chase in height.
33 In a 1975 New York magazine cover story, NBC executives referred to Chase as "The first real potential successor to Johnny Carson" and claimed he would begin guest-hosting The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) within 6 months of the article. It never happened.
34 Chase is a member of the exclusive Hollywood Gourmet Poker Club. Members included fellow card players Martin Short, Steve Martin, Carl Reiner, Barry Diller, Neil Simon and the late Johnny Carson.
35 His big break was performing on Saturday Night Live (1975). Ironically, he was never signed as a cast member. He signed a one year writer contract and became a cast member during rehearsals.
36 Attended Riverdale Country School in New York City.
37 Helped campaign for John Kerry in the 2004 Presidential Election.
38 Admitted in an interview that making ¡Three Amigos! (1986) was the most fun he has had on a film.
39 Used to run five miles a day to stay fit and healthy.
40 Is a huge jazz fan.
41 At the height of his career he earned around $7 million per film.
42 Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith. Pg. 102-103. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387.
43 He was the first member of the original Saturday Night Live (1975) cast to leave the show (after only one season), a decision he later said he regretted. He was replaced by Bill Murray.
44 Chevy Chase is the name of a 16th century ballad about the battle between Earl Douglas and Earl Percy, as well as the name of a city in Maryland.
45 Suffers from a fear of snakes.
46 Roasted into the New York Friar's Club on September 28, 2002.
47 His middle name, Crane, is from his mother's family. He spent childhood vacations at Crane Castle, his mother's family's vacation home in Ipswich, Massachusetts.
48 Was a long-time class clown expelled from private schools like NYC's Dalton but did well at Stockbridge School in Massachusetts. Expelled from Haverford College after bringing a cow into the third floor of a campus building. Transferred to Bard College, where he dated actress Blythe Danner and graduated in 1967.
49 Paul Simon is one of his best friends. He appeared alongside Simon in the music video "You Can Call Me Al," in which he lip-syncs all of Simon's lines. Due to that video's remarkable success, Chase was asked to return when Simon released his follow-up album. In the music video for "Proof", Chase was accompanied by another of his best friends, Steve Martin.
50 Chevy was actually a childhood nickname -- possibly based on the Washington, DC suburb -- bestowed by his grandmother. The Chase family was affluent and distinguished, and Chevy was listed in Social Register at early age. His paternal grandfather was painter/teacher Frank Swift Chase; his father, Ned Chase, was a prominent Manhattan book editor and magazine writer. His mother was descended from the Crane plumbing-fixture family.
51 Daughters: Cydney Cathalene Chase (born 1982), Caley Leigh Chase (born 1984) and Emily Evelyn Chase (born 1988), with wife Jayni Chase.
52 His parents divorced when he was four. His father remarried into the Folger coffee family. His mother's third marriage was to Juilliard School professor/composer Lawrence Widdoes.
53 Has perfect pitch: a rare ability to identify the pitch of musical notes without a point of reference.
54 Was valedictorian of his high school class.
55 Attended Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.
56 Was nearly killed (electrocuted) during the filming of Modern Problems (1981) when, during the sequence in which he is wearing "landing lights" as he dreams that he is an airplane, the current in the lights short-circuited through his arm, back, and neck muscles. The near-death experience caused him to experience a period of deep depression.
57 His short-lived TV talk show was billed as a Cornelius Production, Cornelius being Chevy's real first name.
58 Convicted of drunk driving. [1995]
59 He appeared in the music video and sang in the choir on the song "Voices That Care."
60 Winner of Harvard Lampoon Lifetime Achievement Award 1996.
61 Sat in as drummer with the college band The Leather Canary a couple of times. He refers to it as "a bad jazz band." The band also included Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, later of Steely Dan fame.
62 His now-famous "Good evening, I'm Chevy Chase and you're not" opening line on the "Weekend Update" segments of Saturday Night Live (1975) was a takeoff of New York news anchor Roger Grimsby's "Here now the news" opening line.
63 Prefers to do family-oriented movies and has turned down roles in several films including the lead in American Beauty (1999).


Actor

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Ogilvy Fortune pre-production
Dog Years 2017/I Sonny
A Christmas in Vermont 2016 TV Movie Preston Bullock
Vacation 2015/I Clark Griswold
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 2015 Hot Tub Repairman
Chevy 2015 TV Movie Chase
Wishin' and Hopin' 2014 Adult Felix (voice)
Shelby 2014 Grandpa Geoffrey
Hot in Cleveland 2014 TV Series Ross
Lovesick 2014/I Lester Horn
Community 2009-2014 TV Series Pierce Hawthorne
Before I Sleep 2013 Gravedigger
Chevy Chase in Booked 2013 Short Reader
Saturday Night Live 1975-2013 TV Series Weekend Update Anchor Various Gerald Ford ...
Community: Abed's Master Key 2012 TV Movie Pierce Hawthorne (voice)
CollegeHumor Originals 2011 TV Series Pierce
Not Another Not Another Movie 2011 Max Storm
Community: Study Break 2010 TV Mini-Series short Pierce Hawthorne
Hot Tub Time Machine 2010 Repairman
Presidential Reunion 2010 Video short Gerald Ford
Hotel Hell Vacation 2010 Video short Clark Griswold
Jack and the Beanstalk 2009 General Antipode
Family Guy 2007-2009 TV Series Chevy Chase Clark Griswold
Chuck 2009 TV Series Ted Roark
Stay Cool 2009 Principal Marshall
Hjälp! 2009 TV Series Dan Carter
Brothers & Sisters 2007 TV Series Stan Harris
Cutlass 2007 Short Stan
Law & Order 2006 TV Series Mitch Carroll
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2006 TV Movie General Nuisance
Zoom 2006 Dr. Grant
Funny Money 2006 Henry
Doogal 2006 Train (voice)
Goose on the Loose 2006 Congreve Maddox
The Karate Dog 2005 TV Movie Cho Cho (voice)
Ellie Parker 2005 Dennis Swartzbaum
Bad Meat 2004 Congressman Bernard P. Greely
Our Italian Husband 2004 Paul Parmesan
Vacuums 2003 Mr. Punch
Freedom: A History of Us 2003 TV Series documentary Theodore Roosevelt Stockholder Meriweather Lewis ...
America's Most Terrible Things 2002 TV Movie Andy Potts
Orange County 2002 Principal Harbert
Ellie Parker 2001 Short Dennis
Snow Day 2000 Tom Brandston
Pete's a Pizza 2000 Short Narrator (voice)
Dirty Work 1998 Dr. Farthing
The Nanny 1997 TV Series Chevy Chase
Vegas Vacation 1997 Clark Griswold
The Larry Sanders Show 1995 TV Series Chevy Chase
Man of the House 1995 Jack Sturgess (Squatting Dog)
Cops and Robbersons 1994 Norman Robberson
Last Action Hero 1993 Chevy Chase
Hero 1992/I Deke - Channel 4 News Director (uncredited)
Memoirs of an Invisible Man 1992 Nick Halloway
Nothing But Trouble 1991 Chris Thorne
L.A. Story 1991 Carlo Christopher (uncredited)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 1989 Clark
Fletch Lives 1989 Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher
Caddyshack II 1988 Ty Webb
Funny Farm 1988 Andy Farmer
The Couch Trip 1988 Condom Father
¡Three Amigos! 1986 Dusty Bottoms
Paul Simon: You Can Call Me Al 1986 Video short Chevy Chase
Spies Like Us 1985 Emmett Fitz-Hume
Follow That Bird 1985 Newscaster
National Lampoon's European Vacation 1985 Clark Griswold
Fletch 1985 Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher
Ray Parker Jr.: Ghostbusters 1984 Video short Cameo appearance (uncredited)
Deal of the Century 1983 Eddie Muntz
National Lampoon's Vacation 1983 Clark Griswold
Modern Problems 1981 Max Fielder
Under the Rainbow 1981 Bruce Thorpe
Seems Like Old Times 1980 Nicholas Gardenia
Caddyshack 1980 Ty Webb
Oh Heavenly Dog 1980 Browning
Foul Play 1978 Tony Carlson
The Groove Tube 1974 The Fingers / Geritan / Four Leaf Clover
Energy Crisis 1974 TV Movie Central Park Streaker (uncredited)
The Great American Dream Machine 1971 TV Series
The One Arm Bandit 1971 Short Cop / Second Man With Briefcase
Walk... Don't Walk 1968 Short Pedestrian
Singing Faces 1968 Short

Writer

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Chevy Chase Show 1993 TV Series writer - 14 episodes
The Best of Chevy Chase 1987 Video documentary
The Best of Dan Aykroyd 1986 Video
The Best of John Belushi 1985 Video written by
The Chevy Chase National Humor Test 1979 TV Movie written by
The Paul Simon Special 1977 TV Special
The Chevy Chase Show 1977 TV Movie
Saturday Night Live TV Series writer - 21 episodes, 1976 written by - 12 episodes, 1975 - 1976
The Smothers Brothers Show 1975 TV Series 1975
Energy Crisis 1974 TV Movie
The Generation Gap 1969 TV Series 1969
Singing Faces 1968 Short

Soundtrack

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2015 TV Series performer - 1 episode
Community 2009-2013 TV Series performer - 8 episodes
Stealing Time 2009 performer: "Walkin' in a Winter Wonderland"
Rage 2008 TV Series 1 episode
Saturday Night Live Christmas 1999 Video performer: "Winter Wonderland" - uncredited
Cops and Robbersons 1994 performer: "One for My Baby And One More for the Road"
Voices that Care 1991 TV Movie documentary performer: "Voices that Care"
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 1989 performer: "O Come, All Ye Faithful", "Deck the Halls", "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" - uncredited
¡Three Amigos! 1986 performer: "The Ballad of the Three Amigos", "My Little Buttercup", "Blue Shadows"
Seems Like Old Times 1980 "The High and the Mighty", uncredited
Saturday Night Live 1975-1980 TV Series performer - 4 episodes
Lemmings 1973 Video documentary performer: "Colorado"

Producer

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Chevy Chase Show 1993 TV Series producer - 14 episodes

Music Department

Music Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Lemmings 1973 Video documentary musician

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Saturday Night Live 1975 TV Series writing supervisor - 1 episode

Thanks

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special 2015 TV Special dedicatee
Hollywood Boulevard on Air 2012 TV Series the producers wish to thank
A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! 2011 TV Movie documentary special thanks

Self

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Saturday Night Live 25 1999 TV Special documentary Himself
SNL: 25 Years of Music 1999 TV Movie Himself - Host 1975-1980
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends 1999 TV Special documentary Himself
The Howard Stern Radio Show 1999 TV Series Himself
The 14th TV Academy Hall of Fame 1999 TV Movie documentary Himself
Saturday Night Live 1976-1999 TV Series Himself / Himself - Host / Various / ...
The Great Christmas Movies 1998 TV Movie documentary Himself (interviewee)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies 1998 TV Special documentary Himself
Late Night with Conan O'Brien 1995-1998 TV Series Himself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1994-1997 TV Series Himself
The 11th Annual American Comedy Awards 1997 TV Special Himself - Presenter
The Daily Show 1997 TV Series Himself
Dennis Miller Live 1997 TV Series Himself
Maury 1996 TV Series Himself
A Century of Cinema 1994 Documentary Himself
Howard Stern 1994 TV Series Himself
The 8th Annual American Comedy Awards 1994 TV Special Himself - Host
The Chevy Chase Show 1993 TV Series Himself - Host
The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1993 TV Special Himself - Presenter
Bob Hope: The First 90 Years 1993 TV Movie documentary Himself
The 7th Annual American Comedy Awards 1993 TV Special Himself
Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy 1992 TV Movie Himself
The Howard Stern Show 1992 TV Series Himself
Dame Edna's Hollywood 1992 TV Series Himself
Wogan 1992 TV Series Himself
Tonight Live with Steve Vizard 1992 TV Series Himself
One on One with John Tesh 1992 TV Series Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1977-1992 TV Series Himself / Himself - Guest / Emmett Fitz-Hume from film SPIES LIKE US / ...
Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. 1991 TV Movie documentary Himself - Host / Narrator
A Party for Richard Pryor 1991 TV Special documentary Himself
1st Annual Environmental Media Awards 1991 TV Special Himself
The 63rd Annual Academy Awards 1991 TV Special Himself
Voices that Care 1991 TV Movie documentary Himself - Choir Member
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to David Lean 1990 TV Special Himself
That's What Friends Are for: Arista's 15th Anniversary Concert 1990 TV Movie documentary Himself
Warner Bros. Celebration of Tradition, June 2, 1990 1990 TV Movie documentary Host
Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet to Come 1990 TV Special documentary Himself
The Dave Thomas Comedy Show 1990 TV Series Himself - Guest
The Earth Day Special 1990 TV Special Vic's Buddy
The 62nd Annual Academy Awards 1990 TV Special Himself - Presenter: Best Visual Effects
The American Cinematheque Honors Ron Howard 1990 TV Movie Himself
Life of Python 1990 TV Special documentary Himself
The Best of Gilda Radner 1989 Video documentary Himself / Various
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary 1989 TV Special Himself
The 3rd Annual American Comedy Awards 1989 TV Special Himself
Good Morning America 1989 TV Series Himself
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Gregory Peck 1989 TV Special Himself (uncredited)
It's Garry Shandling's Show. 1989 TV Series Himself
The Pat Sajak Show 1989 TV Series Himself
Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary 1989 TV Short Himself
The 2nd Annual American Comedy Awards 1988 TV Special Himself - Presenter
The 60th Annual Academy Awards 1988 TV Special Himself - Host
Late Night with David Letterman 1983-1988 TV Series Himself
Will Rogers: Look Back in Laughter 1987 TV Movie Himself
The 59th Annual Academy Awards 1987 TV Special Himself - Co-Host
The Annual Tel Aviv Gala Presents a Salute to Goldie Hawn 1987 TV Movie Himself - Speaker
One Voice 1986 TV Special documentary Himself - Audience Member (uncredited)
George Burns' 90th Birthday Party: A Very Special Special 1986 TV Special Himself
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary 1986 TV Special Himself
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts 1985 TV Special Himself
Live Aid 1985 TV Special documentary Himself (at JFK Stadium)
Bob Hope's Happy Birthday Homecoming (London Royal Gala) 1985 TV Movie Himself - Performer
Hour Magazine 1983 TV Series Himself
Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius 1982 TV Movie documentary Himself
The 54th Annual Academy Awards 1982 TV Special documentary Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Cinematography
The 8th Annual People's Choice Awards 1982 TV Special Himself - Co-Presenter: Favourite Actor in Motion Picture
Tomorrow Coast to Coast 1981 TV Series Himself
This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special 1981 TV Movie documentary Himself
Benji at Work 1980 TV Short documentary Himself
The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1980 TV Special Himself - Presenter: Best New Star
The Chevy Chase National Humor Test 1979 TV Movie Himself / Various
Wings Over the World 1979 TV Movie documentary Himself (uncredited)
The 36th Annual Golden Globes Awards 1979 TV Special Himself - Host & Nominee
Hollywood's Diamond Jubilee 1978 TV Special Himself - Performer
The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1978 TV Special Himself - Winner & Presenter
Grease Day USA 1978 TV Movie documentary Himself
The Paul Simon Special 1977 TV Special Himself
US Against the World 1977 TV Movie Himself
The Chevy Chase Show 1977 TV Movie Himself
The 49th Annual Academy Awards 1977 TV Special Himself - Presenter
Jimmy Carter's Inaugural Gala 1977 TV Movie Himself
Van Dyke and Company 1976 TV Series Bob Dunkin / Himself
The 28th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1976 TV Special Himself - Winner: Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music
Tunnel Vision 1976 Himself
Lemmings 1973 Video documentary as Chevey Chase
Ok! TV 2017 TV Series Himself
Jeopardy! 2015 TV Series Himself - Video Clue Presenter
Entertainment Tonight 2010-2015 TV Series Himself
Inside Edition 2015 TV Series documentary Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2015 TV Series Himself - Special Appearance
Just for Laughs 2015 TV Series Himself
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Steve Martin 2015 TV Special Himself
Live from New York! 2015 Documentary Himself - Featuring
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special 2015 TV Special Himself
Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Red Carpet Special 2015 TV Special Himself
DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD: The Story of the National Lampoon 2015 Documentary Himself / Actor
Today 1979-2015 TV Series Himself - Guest / Himself
Tosh.0 2014 TV Series Himself
Harmontown 2014 Documentary Himself (uncredited)
The Kumars 2014 TV Series Himself
The Morning After 2012 TV Series short Himself
The 2012 Comedy Awards 2012 TV Special Himself - Presenter
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl 2012 TV Movie Himself
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis 2011 TV Movie documentary Himself
A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! 2011 TV Movie documentary Himself - Interviewee
The Oprah Winfrey Show 2011 TV Series Himself - Guest
Saturday Night Live Backstage 2011 TV Special documentary Himself / Various
Attack of the Show! 2011 TV Series Himself
John Belushi: Dancing on the Edge 2010 Himself
The Role That Changed My Life 2010 TV Series documentary Himself
Frost on Satire 2010 TV Movie documentary Himself - Satirist
The Soup 2010 TV Series Himself
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2010 TV Series Himself
The 36th Annual People's Choice Awards 2010 TV Special Himself
Caddyshack: The Inside Story 2009 TV Movie Himself
The Bonnie Hunt Show 2009 TV Series Himself
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon 2009 TV Series Himself
Biography 2002-2009 TV Series documentary Himself
Live with Kelly and Ryan 2001-2009 TV Series Himself
Water and Power 2009 TV Series short Himself
Gomorron 2009 TV Series Himself
Real Time with Bill Maher 2008 TV Series Himself
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Warren Beatty 2008 TV Special Himself
The View 2008 TV Series Himself
UCB Comedy Originals 2007 TV Series Himself
Howard Stern on Demand 2007 TV Series Himself
Late Show with David Letterman 1994-2007 TV Series Himself / Himself - Guest
Tavis Smiley 2007 TV Series Himself
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson 2007 TV Series Himself
Moving Image Salutes Will Smith 2007 TV Movie Himself
TCM Guest Programmer 2007 TV Series Himself - Special Guest
Life of Pryor: The Richard Pryor Story 2006 TV Movie documentary Himself
Super Bowl's Greatest Commercials: Top 40 Countdown 2006 TV Movie Himself
The Reichen Show 2006 TV Series Himself
The 100 Greatest Pop Videos 2005 TV Movie Himself
Corazón, corazón 2005 TV Series Himself
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live 2005 TV Special documentary Himself
Charity Jam 2005 TV Series documentary Himself
Celebrity Poker Showdown 2004 TV Series Himself
The Family Truckster 2003 Video documentary short Himself
Bitter Jester 2003 Documentary Himself
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase 2002 TV Movie Himself
Back in the U.S. 2002 TV Special documentary Himself
The Hamptons 2002 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself
Saturday Night Live: TV Tales 2002 TV Special Himself
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story 2002 TV Movie documentary Narrator (voice)
Primetime Glick 2001 TV Series Himself
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire 2001 TV Series Himself
The Martin Short Show 1999-2000 TV Series Himself
The Rosie O'Donnell Show 1998-2000 TV Series Himself
Caddyshack: The 19th Hole 1999 Video short documentary Himself - 'Ty Webb'
The Mark Twain Prize: Richard Pryor 1999 TV Movie Himself

Archive Footage

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Entertainment Tonight 2015-2016 TV Series Himself
The Seventies 2015 TV Series documentary Himself
Saturday Night Live: Christmas Special 2014 TV Special Various
Inside Edition 2014 TV Series documentary Himself
The O'Reilly Factor 2008-2014 TV Series Clark Griswold / Himself
Video Games AWESOME! 2014 TV Series Ty Webb
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic 2013 Documentary Himself
A Very Lovely Party 2013 Video documentary short Himself
Betty White's 2nd Annual 90th Birthday 2013 TV Special Himself
Edición Especial Coleccionista 2012 TV Series Clark Griswold
Five Day Bicycle Race 2011 Video documentary Himself
The Women of SNL 2010 TV Movie Weekend Update Anchor
The 82nd Annual Academy Awards 2010 TV Special Clark Griswold (uncredited)
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas 2009 TV Movie Himself (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live Presidential Bash '08 2008 TV Special Gerald Ford
The 80th Annual Academy Awards 2008 TV Special Himself (uncredited)
The McCartney Years 2007 Video documentary Himself
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation 2007 TV Special documentary Himself (uncredited)
Silenci? 2006 TV Series
America's Top Sleuths 2006 TV Movie documentary Irwin Fletcher
Legends: Rodney Dangerfield 2006 TV Movie Ty Webb - 'Caddyshack' (uncredited)
Final 24 2006 TV Series documentary Himself
Saturday Night Live 2005 TV Series Job Interviewer
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost & Found 2005 TV Special documentary Himself
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Gilda Radner 2005 Video Himself (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi 2005 TV Special Himself / Various (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash 2004 2004 TV Movie President Gerald R. Ford (uncredited)
Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain... Begins to Die 2004 Documentary Himself
101 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments 2004 TV Movie Himself
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Cheri Oteri 2004 TV Special documentary Captain Burke (uncredited)
101 Biggest Celebrity Oops 2004 TV Special documentary Himself - #66: Terrible Talk Shows
Celebrities Uncensored 2003 TV Series Himself
Century of Black Cinema 2003 Video documentary Himself
Uncensored Comedy: That's Not Funny! 2003 TV Movie documentary
Modern Marvels 2002 TV Series documentary Customer
SNL Remembers John Belushi 2002 TV Special Himself
Saturday Night Live: Game Show Parodies 2000 TV Special Himself / Various Characters (uncredited)
ABC 2000: The Millennium 1999 TV Special documentary
Saturday Night Live Christmas 1999 Video Himself / Gerald Ford
Grass 1999 Documentary Himself
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Steve Martin 1998 TV Special Lee P413 (uncredited)
Biography 1996 TV Series documentary Himself
Oscar's Greatest Moments 1992 Video documentary Himself
Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash 1992 TV Special President Gerald Ford (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live Goes Commercial 1991 TV Special New Shimmer Salesman (uncredited)
Quantum Leap 1989 TV Series Himself - Gerald Ford
The Siskel & Ebert 500th Anniversary Special 1989 TV Movie Himself - 'Tonight Show' Guest (as Chevy)
The Best of Chevy Chase 1987 Video documentary Himself
The Best of Dan Aykroyd 1986 Video Himself / Various Characters
The Best of John Belushi 1985 Video Himself / Various Characters
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter 1982 TV Movie documentary Actor - 'Caddyshack' (uncredited)
That's Hollywood 1981 TV Series documentary Four Leaf Clover
Clapper Board 1979 TV Series

Won awards

Won awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovieAward shared with
2012 TV Guide Award TV Guide Awards Favorite Ensemble Community (2009) · Joel McHale
· Gillian Jacobs
· Danny Pudi
· Yvette Nicole Brown
· Alison Brie
· Donald Glover
· Jim Rash
· Ken Jeong
2009 Award of Excellence Boulder International Film Festival ... in comedy.
2006 Stinker Award The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards Worst Supporting Actor Doogal (2006)
1997 Lifetime Non-Achievement Award - The Hall of Shame The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
1993 Man of the Year Hasty Pudding Theatricals, USA
1993 Star on the Walk of Fame Walk of Fame Motion Picture Awarded on September 23, 1993 at 7021 Hollywood Blvd.
1978 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special The Paul Simon Special (1977) · Lorne Michaels (writer)
· Paul Simon (writer)
· Tom Davis (writer)
· Al Franken (writer)
· Charles Grodin (writer)
· Lily Tomlin (writer)
· Alan Zweibel (writer)
1976 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music Saturday Night Live (1975)
1976 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series Saturday Night Live (1975) · Anne Beatts
· Al Franken
· Tom Davis
· Lorne Michaels
· Marilyn Suzanne Miller
· Michael O'Donoghue
· Herbert Sargent
· Tom Schiller
· Rosie Shuster
· Alan Zweibel

Nominated awards

Nominated awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovieAward shared with
2016 Razzie Award Razzie Awards Worst Supporting Actor Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015)
2010 Gold Derby TV Award Gold Derby Awards Ensemble of the Year Community (2009) · Alison Brie
· Yvette Nicole Brown
· Donald Glover
· Gillian Jacobs
· Ken Jeong
· Joel McHale
· Danny Pudi
· Jim Rash
1995 Stinker Award The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards Worst Actor Man of the House (1995)
1993 Saturn Award Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Best Actor Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
1979 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical Foul Play (1978)
1979 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Motion Picture Acting Debut - Male Foul Play (1978)
1977 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music Saturday Night Live (1975)
1977 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series Saturday Night Live (1975) · Anne Beatts (writer)
· Al Franken (writer)
· Tom Davis (writer)
· Lorne Michaels (writer)
· Marilyn Suzanne Miller (writer)
· Michael O'Donoghue (writer)
· Herbert Sargent (writer)
· Tom Schiller (writer)
· Rosie Shuster (writer)
· Alan Zweibel (writer)
1976 WGA Award (TV) Writers Guild of America, USA Original Variety The Smothers Brothers Show (1975) · Mason Williams
· Rod Warren
· Mickey Rose
· Ray Jessel
· Jim Mulligan
· James R. Stein
· Bob Illes
· Pat Proft
· Kenny Solms
· Gail Parent

TitleSalary
Vegas Vacation (1997) $4,000,000
Man of the House (1995) $2,000,000
Cops and Robbersons (1994) $4,000,000
Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) $6,000,000
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) $6,000,000
Saturday Night Live (1975) $800 /week (as writer)
Saturday Night Live (1975) $750 /week (1975 season)

#Quote
1 [on Robin Williams] Robin and I were great friends, suffering from the same little-known disease, depression. I never could have expected this ending to his life, and to ours with him. I cannot believe this. I am overwhelmed with grief. What a wonderful man/boy, and what a tremendous talent in the most important art of any time - comedy! I loved him.
2 [re growing up on NYC's Park Avenue] I had to get into fights all the time, because we were at the cusp of Spanish Harlem and they didn't like a crew-cut white kid. They were always chasing me, stealing my wallet. I was sent to the grocery store on Second Avenue by my mother on a Saturday, and these two Spanish kids were walking behind me, and in front of me was a little kid, smaller than me, and he kept punching me in the face the whole way to the grocery store. I came back from the grocery store with a bloody nose, and my mother sent me back for something else! And there they were again. And when we got to the corner, I'd had it. I just took the little kid out, and of course the other two, the big ones, jumped me. I really had a hold on one of them, like a headlock, and the other one yelled, "Hey! No fair! You're choking him!" No fair, he said. What do you mean, no fair? You guys have been kicking the crap out of me! They had these rules. One of those guys stabbed me in the back three times when I was running away. I still have these knife-wound scars.
3 [on his fight with Bill Murray] Billy Murray and I came to fisticuffs, but we never really ended up hitting each other. We tried, but Belushi got in the middle and we both ended up hitting John. And if anybody deserved to be slapped in the forehead it was John, for instigating it all.
4 [on leaving Saturday Night Live (1975)] It has been portrayed over the years as there being "lucrative deals" awaiting me in Hollywood. But if you look at the record, I didn't make a movie for two or three years. There were no lucrative deals awaiting me. I left because I was in love with a girl in L.A. I missed it very much. I should have hung around for years. And I feel bad about it now.
5 [on his first return to Saturday Night Live (1975)] I'm not sure exactly why or how, but [during that episode] suddenly I got into a fight with Bill Murray. I discovered later it was with the instigation of John Belushi, who apparently was a little bit jealous that I had become the standout guy the first year, when John [felt he] deserved to. And he did; John was our ringer. But television doesn't care too much about ringers who are short and have a beard. Somehow they took to the tall, thin, handsome guy.
6 [on Community (2009)] It was a big mistake! I saw this pilot script, thought that it was funny, and I went into the room where they were casting and said, "I would love to play this guy." Then they mulled it over. Then they hired me and I just sort of hung around because I have three daughters and a wife, and I figured out I might as well make some bread, every week, so I can take care of them in the way they want.
7 [on working on Community (2009)] The hours are hideous, and it's still a sitcom on television, which is probably the lowest form of television. That's my feeling about it. I think the reason I have stuck around is because I love these kids, the cast - they are very good. It's not like I am working with the great innovators of all time, but at the same time, they are my friends.
8 [on his professional regrets] I turned down Forrest Gump (1994), I turned down American Gigolo (1980), there are many films - like Ghostbusters (1984) - that I turned down... the first one I did was Foul Play (1978) with Goldie Hawn, but I turned down Animal House (1978) - I turned that down. So all those I regret only because they made huge amounts of money and I would be very wealthy, but I don't regret working with Goldie, I don't regret the projects that I did do.
9 You can't observe as much if you're observed by others.
10 [on John Landis] He's a bit of a bully, to say the least, with the wrong people, the easy shots. He's got a crassness about him. Anybody who can pick on a set decorator or an extra in front of everybody else in a very mean way is lacking something. I would think that an experience like Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) would put some humility into your life. But it didn't.
11 I guess I look so straight and normal nobody expects me to pick my nose and fall.
12 Once I got married and had kids, I moved away from romantic roles, because it seemed wrong to have my three-year-old wondering why Daddy was kissing someone else.
13 On the outcome of impersonating former U.S. President Gerald Ford on Saturday Night Live (1975): "I did hear ultimately from one of Ford's sons that some of the things had hurt his feelings, and that was a shocker to me. But I figured, 'Oh well, he's the President, he can take it. I mean, he has to, he's a public figure.' Of course, now my feelings have been hurt so much, I know exactly what he means."
14 On his reaction upon hearing of the death of Saturday Night Live (1975) co-star John Belushi): I was so angry I didn't cry for five years.

#Trademark
1 Looking at his bare wrist and saying "oh, look at the time."
2 Often plays fathers and family men
3 Towering height
4 Deep baritone voice
5 Deadpan delivery
6 Saturday Night Live (1975) Weekend Update newscast skit with the opening line, "I'm Chevy Chase, and you're not".
7 Pratfall during the opening skit of Saturday Night Live (1975)

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